aKatomy. 
powers of producing others, and so of multi- 
plying the species without end. These are 
power? which mock all human invention or 
imitation, they are characteristics of the Di- 
vine Architect. 
As the body is a compound of 6olids and 
fluids, anatomy is divided into, 
1. The anatomy of the solids, and 
2. The anatomy of the fluids. 
The solids of the human body consist of, 
1. Bones, which give support to the other 
parts of the body ; 
2. Cartilages, or gristles, which are much 
softer than the bones, and also flexible and 
elastic ; 
3. Ligaments, which are more flexible 
still, and connect the ends of the bones to 
each other; 
4. Membranes, or planes of minutely in- 
terwoven and condensed cellular substance ; 
5. Cellular substance, which is formed of 
fibres and plates of animal matter more 
loosely connected, and which forms the ge- 
neral uniting medium of all the structures of 
the body; 
6. Fat, or adipous substance, an animal 
oil contained in the cells of the cellular mem- 
brane ; 
7. Muscles, which are bundles of fibres, 
endued with a power of contraction ; in po- 
pular language they form t}ie flesh of an 
animal ; 
8. Tendons, hard inelastic cords, which 
connect the muscles or moving powers to 
the bones or instruments of motion. 
9. Viscera, which are various parts, adapt- 
ed for different purposes in the animal eco- 
nomy, aud contained in the cavities of the 
body, as the head, chest, abdomen, and 
pelvis ; 
10. Glands, organs which secrete or se- 
parate various fluids from the blood ; 
11. Vessels, which are membranous ca- 
nals, dividing into branches, and transmitting 
blood and other fluids; 
12. Cerebral substance, or that which 
♦ composes the brain and spinal marrow, 
which is a peculiar soft kind of animal 
matter ; 
13. Nerves, which are bundles of white 
fibrous cords, connected by one end to the 
brain, or spinal marrow, and thence ex- 
panded over every part of the body, in order 
to receive impressions from external ob- 
jects, or to convey the commands of the 
will, and thereby produce muscular motion. 
The fluids of the human body are, 
1. Blood, which circulates through the 
vessels, and nourishes the whole fabric; 
2. Perspirable matter, excreted by the 
vessels of the skin ; 
3. Sebaceous matter, by the glands of the 
skin ; 
4. Urine, by the kidneys ; 
5. Ceruminous matter, secreted by the 
glands of the external ear ; 
6. Tears, by the lachrymal glands; 
7. Saliva, by the salivary glands ; 
8. Mucus, by glands in various parts of 
the body, and by various membranes. 
9. Serous fluid, by membranes lining cir- 
cumscribed cavities ; 
10. Pancreatic juice, by the pancreas; 
11. Bile, by the liver; 
12. Gastric juice, by the stomach ; 
13. Oil, by the vessels of the adipose 
membrane ; 
14. Synovia, by the internal surfaces of the 
joints, for the purpose of lubricating them; 
15. Seminal fluid, by the testes ; 
16. Milk, by the mammary glands. 
The account of these animal fluids will be 
found chiefly under the article Physiolog y . 
The anatomical description of the body 
is technically arranged under the following 
heads : 
1. Osteology, or the description of the 
structure, shape, and uses of the bones. 
2. Syndesmology, or a description of the 
connection of bones by ligaments, and of the 
structure of the joints. 
3. Myology, or doctrine of the moving 
powers or muscles. 
4. Angeiology, or description of the ves- 
sels engaged in nourishing the body, in ab- 
sorption, and in the removal of superfluous 
parts. 
5. Adenology, or account of the glands in 
which various liquors are separated or pre- 
pared from the blood. 
6. Splanchnology, or a description of the 
different bowels which serve various and 
dissimilar purposes in the animal economy. 
7. Neurology, under which title the brain, 
the nerves, and the organs of sense must be 
comprehended. 
The functions carried on in animals, in 
the explanation of which physiology consists, 
and for the detailed account of which we 
refer the reader to the article Physiology^ 
may be thus arranged. 
1 . Digestion, or the conversion of extra- 
neous matter into a substance fit for the 
nourishment of their own bodies, 
2. Absorption, by which the nutritive 
fluid is taken up and conveyed into the 
vascular system, and by which the old parts 
of our body are removed. 
